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A feminist revisits childhood dreams of convent life in visit to religious

By the Wider Web July 5, 20170

PHOTO: Josh Applegate

When I was 7 years old, my best friend Angèle and I decided that we wanted to be nuns. Huddled together at recess, we would spend hours mapping out our elaborate future life. We decided that we would live at the same convent — maybe even be roommates — and drive a pink Cadillac.